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Author: Richard Dowden

I first went to Africa in 1971 as a volunteer teacher in Uganda and spent nearly two years there. It was the first two years of Idi Amin’s rule. My next trip to Africa was to South Africa in 1979. In 1980 I joined The Times Foreign Desk and then moved to The Independent as Africa Editor when it was founded in 1986. I joined the Economist as Africa Editor in 1995 and became Director of the Royal African Society in 2003. Throughout this time I travelled to Africa continuously and have now visited and written about almost every country on the continent. I made three television documentary films for the BBC and Channel 4 and continue to write and commentate on Africa for various media including The Times, The Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera and Sky TV. My book: Africa – Altered States, Ordinary Miracles was published by Portobello Books in 2008.
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They were good guys, but not terrorists. Why did it take so long for the West to support Mandela?

Posted on 11 September, 2018 by Richard Dowden

Sir Nick Stadlen, a former High Court Judge, has made a remarkable new film about the Rivonia trial called Life Is Wonderful: Mandela’s Unsung Heroes. The 1955 ...

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Africa – The long view

Posted on 2 March, 2018 by Richard Dowden

  Why did European countries take over of Africa? Was it inevitable? What might have been if they had agreed to establish diplomatic and trading relations ...

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What does Brexit mean for Africa?

Posted on 25 June, 2016 by Richard Dowden

Sometimes turkeys do vote for Christmas. And 52% of British voters have just done so. What will it mean for Africa?

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